Good Morning All, I'm fascinated by the discussion around search results pagination that is used by less than 1% if the users (unless you are talking about enterprise search in which case you might dip a toe on the sunnier side of 1%. WE all know that searchers rarely go past page 1 let alone past the top 5 results. So, the design for page 1 would be a more critical issue than where to put access to page 2 and so on.
Just a thought... marianne Daedalus Information Systems -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Erin Walsh Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 7:31 AM To: IXDA list Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Search Results Pagination (top & bottom?) Also keep in mind your sort options. If a very large result set is returned and users are unable to adequately refine or sort, I've often seem them jump to a middle page to see if that is closer to their desired pinpoint. We often see this on real estate sites where customers have entered a price of $0 or requested "Call for Price". Rather than sift through pages of "Call for Price", I see users sort by price and then randomly pick an interior result page to see the price ranges on that page. This is all done before they scroll down the page. Wow, that sounded convoluted, my apologies if I confused anyone. You may have complete control over the refine and sort, but we often hit business rules that hinder the optimal search and result features. Thanks, Erin erin walsh | product developer | For Rent Media SolutionsT 150 granby street, 16th floor | norfolk, va 23510 p:757.351.8444 | f:757.961.4827 [email protected]| www.FRMediaSolutions.com You Have Multiple Marketing Needs... We Have Multiple Solutions! On Dec 31, 2009, at 2:21 PM, Paul Sherman wrote: Off the cuff I can think of a couple ways to operationalize a quick test. But honestly, I probably wouldn't test it. There are plenty of good pagination design patterns in the wild that wouldn't add any significant clutter. -Paul - - - - - - - Paul Sherman, Principal, ShermanUX User Experience Research | Design | Strategy [email protected] www.ShermanUX.com +1.512.917.1942 - - - - - - - On Dec 31, 2009, at 12:59 PM, Michael Caskey wrote: I see. So the user who scrolls down, and then scrolls back up, would not have to scroll back down again if he decided to see the next page of results, provided the pagination were duplicated at the top. I think in order to make this design decision I would need to measure the clutter/scroll tradeoff. :) How would you measure it? Thanks! Mike Caskey On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Paul Sherman wrote: > Don't forget about the case in which people are scanning a list or > grid, but after scanning down to the bottom, they decide to go back > and review items higher up in the list. > > In this case - which I have seen play out many times in utesting of > web-based apps - doubling up the pagination and sorting controls at > top and bottom is the right design decision. > > > - - - - - - - > Paul Sherman, Principal, ShermanUX > User Experience Research | Design | Strategy > [email protected] > www.ShermanUX.com > +1.512.917.1942 > - - - - - - - > > On Dec 31, 2009, at 11:43 AM, Michael Caskey wrote: > > Can I get some thoughts on pagination at the top of search results? > > I haven't done any research around it, but my opinion this morning > is that pagination should only be at the bottom of the results set, > especially when the results set is taller than the viewport. > > The context of pagination, in my mind, is only relevant when you've > reached the end of the results currently shown, and you want to see > more. Also, I think they clutter the space between the search box > and the results. > > Am I missing something? > > Mike Caskey > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... 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